LEGO Icons Porsche 911 10295, Collectible Turbo Targa Model Car Building Kit, 2in1 Porsche Race Car Set for Adults and Teens to Build, Gift Idea

This is a great build especially for those who don't like stickers all the required parts are pre printed so no stickers. The instruction manual is quit cool printed on black pages which work well as most of the parts are in white, it also as bits about the car such as the Targa could have been named the Flori. Only found one small error in the manual on step 12 of the Turbo build shows the printed window being placed next to the black 1x1 bricks should be placed next to the 1x1 white bricks at the other end of the 1x8 plate otherwise the manual is very easy to follow. There are some new pieces besides the new body panels there are some 2x4 tiles with rounded corners and some 1x1 2/3 angled plates I've not used before, also there are 2 sets of wheel hubs one set of black and one set of silver as used for the Ford Mustang. After you finish building the contents of bag 7 you have a chose to use either bags 8 and 9 to build the Turbo version of the car or bags 8 and 10 to build the Targa version of the car, whichever one you decide to build you will end up with one bag of parts not used and this is where the manual ends. Alternatively you can combine bags 8,9 and 10 to build 2 further models the Classic none Turbo 911 or the Turbo Targa as demonstrated by Mike Psiaki the designer, either way I have uploaded images of all 4 different styles so you can choose which one you would prefer to build.

This is the first LEGO set I have bought since I was a child (LEGO Technic Forklift Truck Set 850) and became aware of the Porsche 911 Set 10950 after an article in a car magazine – I am now in my 50s and purchased this as a COVID19 Lock Down activity (and I own a 1996 Porsche 911). I live in the UK so wanted to make this model a right-hand drive car (easily done with a bit of trial and error). There is a Japanese rear number plate provided (Japan cars are right-hand drive) and using parts from bag # 10 I blanked off the studs for the front number plate (strictly speaking Japanese cars have front & rear number plates). The only disappointment is the red and blue chassis components visible on the underside of the car. One improvement would be to have smooth topped parts to sit in the front footwells to represent fitted carpet mats rather than have studs showing, and the red brick visible in the left-hand front footwell is an annoying distraction. Thankyou Mike Psiaki.